# Korea Masters

The Korea Masters (Korean: 코리아마스터즈) is an international badminton tournament that usually held in November or December every year of BWF event calendar in South Korea. The total prize money in 2016 was US$120,000. Before 2010, the level of the tournament was an International Challenge, which is the fourth level tournament of international badminton tournament. It began in 2007, when it was held in Suwon, then it moved to Yeosu in 2008 and Hwasun in 2009. In 2010, it was turned into a BWF Grand Prix event.
It became a BWF Grand Prix Gold event in 2011, and it remained at that level through the end of Grand Prix Gold in 2017, with the exception of 2014, when it changed back to Grand Prix status, the same year Korea hosted both the Asian Games and the Badminton Asia Championships. The tournament was held in cities in the southwest from 2011 to 2017: in Hwasun in 2011 and 2012, then in Jeonju for 2013 to 2015, then Seogwipo and Gwangju. In 2015, the name of the tournament changed to Korea Masters.
In 2018, this tournament is the part of the BWF World Tour Super 300, after the Grand Prix Gold event ceased.

## History of host cities

| City | Years host |
| Suwon | 2007 |
| Yeosu | 2008 |
| Hwasun | 2009, 2011–2012 |
| Gimcheon | 2010 |
| Jeonju | 2013–2015 |
| Seogwipo | 2016 |
| Gwangju | 2017–2019, 2022–2023 |
| Iksan | 2024 |

## Winners

| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| 2007 | Shon Seung-mo | Lee Yun-hwa | Ko Sung-hyun Kwon Yi-goo | Jung Kyung-eun Yoo Hyun-young | Shin Baek-cheol Yoo Hyun-young |
| 2008 | Park Sung-hwan | Kwon Hee-sook | Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae | Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung | Hwang Ji-man Hwang Yu-mi |
| 2009 | Rho Ye-wook | Bae Yeon-ju | Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae | Jung Kyung-eun Yoo Hyun-young | Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung |
| 2010 | Bao Chunlai | Liu Xin | Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae | Jung Kyung-eun Yoo Hyun-young | Yoo Yeon-seong Kim Min-jung |
| 2011 | Lee Hyun-il | Sung Ji-hyun | Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong | Eom Hye-won Chang Ye-na | Yoo Yeon-seong Chang Ye-na |
| 2012 | Lee Dong-keun | Sung Ji-hyun | Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae | Eom Hye-won Chang Ye-na | Shin Baek-cheol Eom Hye-won |
| 2013 | Lee Hyun-il | Bae Yeon-ju | Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang | Chang Ye-na Kim So-yeong | Yoo Yeon-seong Chang Ye-na |
| 2014 | Lee Dong-keun | Nozomi Okuhara | Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong | Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan | Choi Sol-gyu Shin Seung-chan |
| 2015 | Lee Dong-keun | Sayaka Sato | Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang | Chang Ye-na Lee So-hee | Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na |
| 2016 | Son Wan-ho | Sung Ji-hyun | Kim Jae-hwan Ko Sung-hyun | Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan | Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na |
| 2017 | Jeon Hyeok-jin | Gao Fangjie | Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae | Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan | Seo Seung-jae Kim Ha-na |
| 2018 | Son Wan-ho | Li Xuerui | Choi Sol-gyu Seo Seung-jae | Chang Ye-na Jung Kyung-eun | Ko Sung-hyun Eom Hye-won |
| 2019 | Kanta Tsuneyama | An Se-young | Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin | Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida | Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet |
| 2020 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2021 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2022 | Jeon Hyeok-jin | He Bingjiao | Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang | Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong | Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping |
| 2023 | Kento Momota | Kim Ga-eun | Lee Jhe-huei Yang Po-hsuan | Jeong Na-eun Kim Hye-jeong | Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung |
| 2024 | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | Putri Kusuma Wardani | Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik | Kim Hye-jeong Kong Hee-yong | Guo Xinwa Chen Fanghui |

## Performances by nation

    As of the 2024 edition
| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
| 1 | South Korea | 12 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 62 |
| 2 | China | 1 | 4 | | | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Japan | 2 | 2 | | 1 | | 5 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Indonesia | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 5 | Malaysia | | | 1 | | | 1 |
| 5 | Thailand | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Total | Total | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 80 |

## Note

* ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 24 to 29 November, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
* ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 1 to 6 June, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.